When we use the term curriculum in our Middle Years Programme (MYP), we are referring to the many parts of our written teaching and learning documentation, as reflected on our unit planners.
As an IB Continuum school, we use the IB framework for teaching and learning to shape our unit planners. These planners incorporate the chosen departmental standards* which, in conjunction with the global contexts and the key and related concepts, guide the content we choose for our inquiry questions (factual, conceptual, debatable).
Within the scope of this larger framework, we utilize backwards design to create our unit planners. To this end, we design authentic and developmentally appropriate assessments and use relevant approaches to teaching strategies. We further embed the development of our students’ approaches to learning (AtL) skills and IB Learner Profile attributes in our lessons and unit planners.
All of these aforementioned individual elements are combined symbiotically to form our MYP curriculum.
Every MYP parent at HIS has access to an overview of their child’s curriculum via ManageBac (MB). We encourage parents to use MB to explore what their MYP student is learning by looking at the individual unit planner overviews for each course.
As part of our curriculum, MYP students participate in the HIS CORE program. Through the CORE, students engage in MYP action, as well as ATL skill building, academic enrichment, and pastoral care. Information about this program is outlined in our CORE selection guide.
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* Our HIS standards are adapted to suit our students and the subject-groups they are studying.
In mathematics and language and literature, our standards come from the Common Core. The standards for our science, arts, and individuals and societies courses are based upon those from AERO (American Education Reaches Out). Modern language teachers use ACTFEL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) standards in their courses and the standards for our health and physical education courses are based upon SHAPE America.
For general information on the standards we are incorporating into our curriculum, please click on the links above.
For more specific information about the standards and benchmarks our students encounter in each subject area and how these benchmarks build upon previous skills and knowledge, please click on the links below.
Language and Literature standards
Language Acquisition standards
For ease of viewing, the science standards are divided into three areas: life science, physical science and the nature of science.
Life Science Standards
Physical Science Standards
Nature of Science Standards
Individuals and Societies Standards
Mathematics Standards
Music Standards
HPE standards